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To: codder too
There is more to what parents are looking for than just getting away from government tests. I am a charter school parent in MI. I dealt with the "Lord of the Rings" schoolyard and hated it. I want my daughters to be taught to my standards and morals, as well as the other children in the school. I don't care if they test her every year, I care that they learn the basics to succeed on the tests. She is learning Latin, and is doing the math and reading in K that the district schools in our area are starting in 1st grade. If I could put her into one of Bill Bennet's charters, which are connected to his K12 curriculum, I would do it in a heartbeat (my nephew in Ohio has his son working through K12's Ohio Virtual Elementary, it is great). Pitifully these are only available through a few states and mine is not one.
I understand that some homeschooling parents want to "unschool" but many of us choose other paths that just want to avoid the loonies in the district schools. God Bless Education Choice.
11 posted on 10/26/2002 6:43:28 AM PDT by netmilsmom
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To: netmilsmom
State ASSESSMENTS are NOT the same animal as TESTS. The state assessments are required by the Federal "No Child Left Behind" Act. They are the accountability factor. They drive the curriculum and I can guarantee you that your child will not be able to "pass" unless he or she has the "correct" worldview and values. The open ended essay portions of these instrumants are the stumbling blocks. Answers based on "your morals and standards" will find your child incompetent by the "federal standards". The multiple choice questions chip away at beliefs by making the child choose the least problematic of several grey area options.

Home-schoolers have outscored many public school students for years, on tests of academic skills. Testing is not a problem but Assessing the value of your child to "their" public government school system is.

16 posted on 10/26/2002 8:03:09 AM PDT by codder too
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